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Giants even series with Reds

The Lowell Sun

Updated:
10/11/2012 06:35:35 AM EDT

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Angel Pagan connects on the second pitch of the game. A Giants team that finished last in homers goes on to hit three. Tim Lincecum pitches like a two-time Cy Young winner -- this time, out of the bullpen.

MLB playoffs

So many unusual things moved San Francisco to the verge of an unprecedented comeback.

Pagan hit the first leadoff homer in Giants postseason history, and Gregor Blanco and Pablo Sandoval connected later for an 8-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday that evened their NL division series at 2-all.

No team has recovered from a 2-0 deficit in a best-of-five series by winning three on the road. This one can do it with a victory on Thursday at Great American Ball Park.

Cardinals 8, Nationals 0

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Taking the mound for only the fourth time in 2012 after complicated surgery to cure numbness on his right side, 37-year-old Chris Carpenter spoiled the return of postseason baseball to Washington by throwing scoreless ball into the sixth inning, and the defending champion Cardinals beat the Nationals 8-0 Wednesday to take a 2-1 lead in their NL division series.

Rookie Pete Kozma delivered a three-run homer, and a trio of relievers finished the shutout for the Cards, who can end the best-of-five series in Thursday's Game 4 at Washington. Kyle Lohse will start for St. Louis.

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